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Post by dietpeppers on Apr 29, 2005 20:07:21 GMT -8
I'm reading so many different ways to do this, I want to ask and get it straight. One of my tanks has 6 pups who are almost 4 weeks old. I'm pulling them out in 4 weeks (I think this right, 8 weeks, right?) and I'm matching them up with the loner gerbils I have here. One tank has 2 females and the male, then their 6 pups. I'm pulling the male out with one of his sons for one tank. Two of the other males are going with loner males I have. Do I just put them in a tank together and let them go? How should I do this as we do not want any deaths on our hands from being misinformed
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Post by sandy on Apr 29, 2005 21:46:40 GMT -8
8 weeks is a bit late, you might have some daughters pregnant from the dad by then. Go for 6 weeks old, I'd say. Also, watch your loner males, some do not accept young male buddies as easily as you might think. So at first I'd pull dad out with his sons to one tank, and try, with care, introducing your loner males to younger boys one at a time so you can watch carefully. You will need to observe them for an hour straight, and even so check them often that day. If the intro is not smooth and there is chasing, biting or all out fighting you will have to split cage loners with little boys. If so then I'd wait till the boy pups are over 8 weeks before split caging so they are warm enough alone (my preference).
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Post by AndreaS15 on Apr 30, 2005 12:52:57 GMT -8
Just my thoughts... Since you will be intro-ing the baby gerbies to Loner gerbils wouldn't it be best for them to be 5 weeks, I belive most intro's work best with young gerbils.
Also Sandy's right about the 8 weeks, I would seperate them earlier. I did mine at 6 weeks with removing the boys, and they got intro-ed to a 4 week old when they were 7 weeks.
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